Today, I was no longer being considered for the counselor position at a prestigious university because of a social media check. It wasn’t anything on my profile, it was comments I'd made on public posts, laced with profanity and insults towards other commenters. There goes my Christmas. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I received an e-mail telling me the job offer I got last week was rescinded. Apparently, the memes I share on my Instagram page are "tasteless" and don’t fit the company’s values. I forgot my profile is public. FML
Today, I was offered the job of my dreams until the recruiters had gone through my Twitter account and had seen tweets of me calling another girl a “bitch” and a racial slur during an argument. They rescinded the offer and I’d already quit my last job. FML
Today, I received an e-mail from a place I'd interviewed at, telling me they won’t be offering me the position. They came across an old Twitter account of mine, where I posted X-Rated content and sometimes stereotypical and dark humor. I don’t even remember the e-mail and password so that I can deactivate it. FML
Today, I was passed over for the job of my dreams. I now have to watch as a girl I have on Facebook - a total moron - boasts daily about scoring the position instead. Turns out the interviewer was her uncle. FML
Today, I was terminated from my job. This comes after I sent HR an email about an inappropriate relationship between my manager and a counselor. Seems like I should have kept my mouth shut. FML
Today, I won't be getting any Christmas presents because the Secret Santa activity I take part in was canceled. Why? Some jerks messaged racial slurs to the organizers, who decided volunteering to do something fun for people wasn't worth the abuse. Thanks, idiots (and my apologies to the organizers). FML
Today, I was told that I was no longer being considered for the Prison Officer job I have been interviewed for, because a social media check showed I had liked a picture of drugs, so my character is inappropriate. I thought it was a picture of candy. I've never even tried weed. FML
Today, my boss sent me a text message saying, "You're fired. Merry Christmas!" FML
Today, I was at work and commented on someone’s YouTube video that they sounded “so white” when pronouncing “Tacos Al Pastor.” I didn’t realize I'd used my job’s Google account to post the comment. Someone flagged my comment, and our IT department told my boss, who then fired me. FML
Today, at work, I stepped out for a few minutes to use the bathroom. Shortly after returning, I found out the hard way that one of my coworkers had used my computer to send a profanity-filled email to our boss, calling him an asshole and telling him to go fuck himself. I'm now jobless. FML
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Top comments
Anderling 33
Well well well, if it isn’t the consequences of your own actions. I can’t imagine why watching you swear and shout at strangers would disqualify you for a job as a counselor. Truly a riddle for the ages.
Chazzster 32
It’s like I told my children - Everything you do and say has consequences. Those consequences might be the pain you heap on others or in your not being judged fit to be a counselor…
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Anderling 33
Well well well, if it isn’t the consequences of your own actions. I can’t imagine why watching you swear and shout at strangers would disqualify you for a job as a counselor. Truly a riddle for the ages.
Chazzster 32
It’s like I told my children - Everything you do and say has consequences. Those consequences might be the pain you heap on others or in your not being judged fit to be a counselor…
RichardPencil 32
Good thing that many employers don't consider FML as social media. In any case, there are a lot of Richard Pencil's out there anyways, so I have plausible deniability.
Marcella1016 32
I was just wondering if I could be found on here. I’ve had a rant or two that would def not look good to a potential employer lol. Hopefully they look at the whole picture rather than taking things out of context. Everyone takes the time to get the whole picture these days, right? Hahahahaha
RichardPencil 32
Hopefully, that's not your real name. I'll bet it's something like Marcella4597, or Marcella😂🍕🪕 Very clever subterfuge ;)
poopface82 25
If you can’t be bothered to follow Wheaton’s Law, at least don’t use your real name.
Brightside86 31
Well at least you found out, I'm sure many people are doomed to lose jobs and never know why. Though it truly sucks that Facebook never forgets. I'm 100% confident there's stuff on Facebook I've said that I don't want on the resume,over the last 20 years.
JasonThorn 23
That's pretty much the go-to for the Internet itself. I'm pretty sure my less-than-stellar fan-fiction is still on some old server somewhere, waiting for the day it can make its presence known...